Chicago report shows how growth near PT benefits all

Posted On Friday, 31 July 2015

The “Grow Chicago” website includes specific recommendations and support from the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) and Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) for the City of Chicago to strengthen zoning and financial incentives to increase public transport (PT)-oriented development (TOD), in different types of markets. Grow Chicago also provides a first-of-its-kind calculator, developed by MPC, that allows people to input the location, type and size of a specific development proposal, and calculate the benefits to a local community in terms of additional retail stores, tax revenues, nearby jobs, residents, annual transit rides and affordable housing units.

Grow Chicago’s tools and recommendations are not only great for the city of Chicago, but can and should be applied globally: